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Shaping Level Sets with Submodular Functions
, 2010 We consider a class of sparsity-inducing regularization terms based on submodular functions. While previous work has focused on non-decreasing functions, we explore symmetric submodular functions and their \lova extensions. We show that the Lovasz extension may be seen as the convex envelope of a function that depends on level sets (i.e., the set of ...
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Control Node Placement and Structural Controllability of Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Networks
Water Resources Research, Volume 61, Issue 12, December 2025.Abstract Chlorine, the most widely used disinfectant, needs to be adequately distributed in water distribution networks (WDNs) to maintain consistent residual levels and ensure safe water. This is performed through control node injections at the treatment plant and via booster stations distributed across the WDNs.
Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha
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Data and Competition: A Simple Framework
The RAND Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 494-510, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT Does enhanced access to data foster or hinder competition among firms? Using a competition‐in‐utility framework that encompasses many situations where firms use data, we model data as a revenue‐shifter and identify two opposite effects: a mark‐up effect according to which data induces firms to compete harder, and a surplus‐extraction effect ...
Alexandre de Cornière, Greg Taylor
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Multivariate Incomplete Information in the Mixture Model of Contests
The RAND Journal of Economics, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 607-624, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT A general mixture model of contests is introduced, combining stochastic performance and multivariate incomplete information. Performance is determined by a mixture distribution with endogenous weights on a good and bad distribution, respectively.
René Kirkegaard
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Submodularity of a Set Label Disagreement Function
, 2013 A set label disagreement function is defined over the number of variables that deviates from the dominant label. The dominant label is the value assumed by the largest number of variables within a set of binary variables. The submodularity of a certain family of set label disagreement function is discussed in this manuscript. Such disagreement function
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Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 1971-1998, December 2025.ABSTRACT This study reports the results of a systematic literature review on auctions mechanism. Auctions are a very popular practice employed in many fields but does not exist a research that investigates the use of auctions under a cross‐disciplinary approach. This work is focused on analyzing which are the areas where auctions are mostly adopted and
Alberto Michele Felicetti +3 more
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Maximizing General Set Functions by Submodular Decomposition
, 2009 We present a branch and bound method for maximizing an arbitrary set function h mapping 2^V to R. By decomposing h as f-g, where f is a submodular function and g is the cut function of a (simple, undirected) graph G with vertex set V, our original problem is reduced to a sequence of submodular maximization problems.
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Discretised sum‐product theorems by Shannon‐type inequalities
Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Volume 112, Issue 6, December 2025.Abstract By making use of arithmetic information inequalities, we give a strong quantitative bound for the discretised ring theorem. In particular, we show that if A⊂[1,2]$A \subset [1,2]$ is a (δ,σ)$(\delta,\sigma)$‐set, with |A|=δ−σ$|A| = \delta ^{-\sigma }$, then A+A$A+A$ or AA$AA$ has δ$\delta$‐covering number at least δ−c|A|$\delta ^{-c}|A|$ for ...
András Máthé, William O'Regan
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A Mazur-Orlicz type theorem for submodular set functions
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1986 Let \({\mathcal L}\) be a lattice of subsets of a given set \(\Omega\) with \(\emptyset \in {\mathcal L}\). A function \(\gamma:{\mathcal L}\to {\mathbb{R}}\cup \{- \infty \}\) is called a submodular (modular) set function if \(\gamma (\emptyset)=0\) and \[ \gamma (A\cup B)+\gamma (A\cap B)\leq (=)\gamma (A)+\gamma (B),\quad A\in {\mathcal L},\quad B ...
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Does Twin Transition Facilitate Exporting? The Case of Logistics Innovation
Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 34, Issue 7, Page 8194-8212, November 2025.ABSTRACT Firms need to overcome two hurdles to enter foreign markets: deciding whether to export and the intensity of their export sales. Although logistics plays a crucial role in exporting, the link between logistics innovation and exporting remains unexplored.
Areti Gkypali +2 more
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